British woman who reported Hong Kong rape convicted of blackmail

Aysha Bell (R), the mother of British woman Isabel Rose, reacts outside the Hong Kong District Court on March 3, 2026, after her daughter was convicted of two charges. A Hong Kong court on March 3, 2026 convicted a British woman of blackmail and perverting the course of justice after it ruled her report she had been raped by a banker in the city was untrue. - AFP

HONG KONG: A British woman faces jail in Hong Kong after being convicted on Tuesday (March 3) of blackmail and perverting justice for untruthfully reporting she had been raped by a banker in the city.

Isabel Rose, 25, met the British man involved in the case in Thailand before linking up with him again in Hong Kong in January 2024, according to court documents.